KAXE

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KAXE
City of license	Grand Rapids, Minnesota
Branding	Northern Community Radio
Frequency	91.7 FM (MHz)
First air date	1976
Format	Community/Public
ERP	100,000 watts
HAAT	140 meters
Class	C1
Callsign meaning	KAXE "The Cutting Edge"
Affiliations	NPR, IPR
Owner	Northern Community Radio
Webcast	Listen Live!
Website	http://www.kaxe.org/

KAXE (91.7 FM) is a community licensed public radio station serving Northern Minnesota communities, including Grand Rapids, Brainerd, Bemidji, Virginia, Chisholm and Hibbing. The station airs locally produced news, talk, and music programming. It is a member of Ampers, a group of public radio stations in Minnesota that are not affiliated with Minnesota Public Radio. It is also a member of National Public Radio, and is the only full NPR member in the state that is not an MPR affiliate.

In May 2005, the station moved into a new, larger studio space on the Mississippi River in Grand Rapids (previously, the station had been based at Itasca Community College, the local community college). There are two additional translators located in Brainerd (K210DR 89.9 FM) and Bemidji (K287AD 105.3 FM).

As of March 2012, KAXE has a sister station, KBXE. Licensed to Bagley, KBXE's studios are at 305 America Ave NW in Bemidji. It broadcasts on a frequency of 90.5 and has a 50,000 watt transmitter.The broadcast tower is west of Bemidji, near Shevlin.

KAXE Transmitters

Call sign/Frequency	Location	Power	Class
KAXE 91.7 MHz	Grand Rapids	100,000 watts	C1
KBXE 90.5 MHz	Bagley	50,000 watts	C2
K210DR 89.9 MHz	Brainerd	115 watts	D
K287AD 105.3 MHz	Bemidji	250 watts	D

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v t e Radio stations in the Iron Range market area

(Market includes Hibbing, Grand Rapids, Virginia, and Ely)

By FM frequency	WHPJ 88.7 WQRN 88.9 K208CR 89.5 WIRR 90.9 K209DS 89.7 KADU 90.1 KAXE 91.7 W221AU 92.1 WIRN 92.5 WTBX 93.9 WELY 94.5 K236AD 95.1 W237AO 95.3 K237CE 95.3 KGPZ 96.1 KMFY 96.9 WEVE-FM 97.9 W252AN 98.3 WUSZ 99.9 W267AO 101.3 W269AC 101.7 KMFG 102.9 K280AT 103.9 K281AB 104.1 KBAJ 105.5 W288AI 105.5 WMFG-FM 106.3 KAOD 106.7 K297AD 107.3

By AM frequency	650 WNMT 1240 WMFG 1320 KOZY 1340 KRBT 1450 WELY

Minnesota radio markets Duluth–Superior Grand Forks, ND La Crosse, WI Mankato–New Ulm–St. Peter Minneapolis–St. Paul Moorhead–Fargo Rochester St. Cloud Other Minnesota radio regions Alexandria Austin–Albert Lea Bemidji Brainerd Fergus Falls–Detroit Lakes International Falls Iron Range Sioux Falls, SD Worthington–Marshall Willmar See also List of radio stations in Minnesota

v t e Radio stations in the Bemidji, Minnesota market area

By FM frequency	88.5 89.5 89.7 91.3 92.1 92.7 93.5 94.9 95.5 98.3 99.1 101.1 102.5 103.1 103.7 104.5 105.3 106.3 107.1

By AM frequency	820 1300 1360 1450

By call sign	K228EW K235BP K276EP K287AD KBHP KBJI-LP KBSB KBUN KCRB KKBJ KKBJ-FM KKEQ KKWB KKZY KLLZ-FM KNBJ KPMI W224AB WBJI WBKK WMIS-FM WQXJ

Minnesota radio markets Duluth–Superior Grand Forks, ND La Crosse, WI Mankato–New Ulm–St. Peter Minneapolis–St. Paul Moorhead–Fargo Rochester St. Cloud Other Minnesota radio regions Alexandria Austin–Albert Lea Bemidji Brainerd Fergus Falls–Detroit Lakes International Falls Iron Range Sioux Falls, SD Worthington–Marshall Willmar See also List of radio stations in Minnesota

v t e NPR Member Stations in the state of Minnesota

Minnesota Public Radio News & Information Stations	Appleton KNCM Austin KNSE Bemidji KNBJ Brainerd KBPN Buhl WIRN Duluth WSCN Fergus Falls KNWF Grand Marais WLSN Hinckley WGRH International Falls KITF La Crescent KXLC Minneapolis-St. Paul KNOW-FM Moorhead KCCD Rochester KZSE Roseau KRXW St. Cloud / Collegeville KNSR St. Peter KNGA Thief River Falls KNTN Virginia-Hibbing WIRN Worthington KNSW

Minnesota Public Radio Classical Music Stations	Appleton KRSU Bemidji KCRB Brainerd KBPR Duluth WSCD Fergus Falls KCMF Grand Marais WMLS Moorhead KCCM Minneapolis-St. Paul KSJN Rochester KLSE St. Cloud / Collegeville KSJR-FM St. Peter KGAC Thief River Falls KQMN Virginia-Hibbing WIRR Worthington KRSW

Minnesota Public Radio The Current Stations	Minneapolis-St. Paul KCMP Rochester KMSE

Other stations (IPR)	Duluth KUMD-FM Grand Marais WTIP Grand Rapids KAXE Mankato KMSU Minneapolis KBEM-FM

See also List of NPR stations

See also adult contemporary classic hits college country news/talk NPR oldies religious rock sports top 40 urban other radio stations in Minnesota

Coordinates: 47°15′18″N 93°26′02″W / 47.255°N 93.434°W / 47.255; -93.434

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